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package com.ibm.dtfj.image.j9;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

public interface IFileLocationResolver
{
	/**
	 * Used to lookup files at runtime.  The fullPath is used as a hint for how to find the file and what
	 * it is called but implementors are free to use whatever RI are necessary to find and return
	 * the adequate file
	 * 
	 * @param fullPath The full path to the file
	 * @return An abstract reference to the file, ready to be treated as any other file, by the caller (NEVER NULL)
	 * @throws FileNotFoundException If we couldn't find the file anywhere
	 */
	File findFileWithFullPath(String fullPath) throws FileNotFoundException;
}
